I intend for this to be the last post specifically on the trip from March 2009. If you haven’t seen all of the posts and pics, you can find them listed on the Vietnam page. Really good lessons learned that will shape us over the next decade as we continue to engage those who the [...]
I’m in the San Francisco airport and I’m noticing so many different attitudes – in those around us and (most disturbingly) in myself. While moving through security, a man wanted past one of our teens and cursed them under his breath as he went by. This may have happened in Vietnam, but mostly everyone just [...]
I’m sitting in a taxi, in rush hour Hanoi traffic on Wednesday afternoon heading home from Bonnie’s first day of teaching at the University. The windows are down and we are in a tangle of traffic heading in every conceivable direction. Most of them are scooters. Some of them are cars, probably taxis. A few [...]
GVI has had a long standing relationship with the HUE (Hanoi University of Education – or University of Hanoi). GVI has made real inroads through the Department of Special Education by bringing in experts in dealing with the issue of Autism, which is very important to the Vietnamese government and Ministry of Education. As a [...]
Getting ready for the night train back to Hanoi, we went early to Lao Cai City so that we could be at the train station in plenty of time. We went to the China border, ate a little food, took a couple of pictures of a HUGE cobra fermenting on a bar and got on [...]
I have several posts written and will be stting them to drop over the next couple of days as we travel home. Thanks for your constant prayers. Lao Chai School On Tuesday morning, our team went to Lao Chai School to install another computer lab. This lab was paid for by a team from Northwood [...]
Forefront Church out of Virginia has paved the way for many churches as they engage communities in the mountains around SaPa. They are the ones who originally engaged Ta Phin and the school there to create a clean water source, computer lab and now they are paving the school yard there. We worked with them [...]
Skelly Drive contributed enough money to buy a computer lab, er… two computers and a printer with a network hub for print sharing… and we went there as soon as we got in to SaPa. This place is on the backside of a mountain. From Hanoi, we traveled 8 hours by train overnight and then [...]
We are back in Hanoi after riding the night train back from Sapa. We are showering and getting on fresh clothes. The group is splitting into three assignments from here: Bonnie and I are going to the University of Hanoi for her to teach a two day seminar on education principles. As I mentioned before, [...]
So I found a wireless hotspot at lunch today and thought I would update you while I can. I have TONS of great pictures that I will upload tomorrow (our tomorrow – it will be tonight or tomorrow night for you, depending on the time of day I am able to post). We are having [...]
